That is exactly what we use; however, we have decided over the years, that
instead of dying, the ants pick up and move to another spot in the yard!!
We don't seem to have any lessening of fire ants no matter how much Andro
we put out! The original mound disappears but another one appears not far
away. :-( Even if you pour gasoline on the mounds and set them on fire,
it kills the ants on the surface only. The fire ants and cockroaches will
be here when we are all gone.
Tina
On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Get thee down to Lowe's, Home Depot or your local hardware store and get
> some Amdro fire ant killer. <
> http://www.lowes.com/pd_94606-1321-1357600416___?productId=4573846&pl=1&Ntt=amdro+fire+ant
> >
> I've used the stuff for 15 years. It works but takes a week or more.
> Sprinkle the granules liberally on and around the mound. If they are fire
> ants they will come rushing out of the mound in droves to attack the
> attacking granules... only to find that it's good tasting food. In a
> matter of hours the granules will disappear into the mound and ultimately
> be fed to the queen. The poison is deliberately slow acting. But, When
> she goes, so do the rest of them.
>
> There is a Wiki article on Amdro which I think must have been written by a
> competitor. It says it gets ruined by rain and is then totally
> ineffective. Ha, ha. That can only happen if you apply it in the rain.
> The ants love it so much they'll have it all inside the mound in hours.
> Try it, you'll like it. But do be patient. It's extremely effective but
> also slow to take effect.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/9/2015 3:01 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> I just noticed a fresh mound at my back property line. I guess I better
>> give it another try.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 10/9/2015 1:58 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>
>>> They can only be managed, Jim, not eliminated. I regularly patrol
>>> my lawn
>>> and place poison bait on the nascent mounds. Helps if the neighbors do
>>> the
>>> same as it takes longer for them to move back in. Clemson University has
>>> been experimenting with a South American fly that hunts them and they are
>>> effective, but officials are rightly reluctant to introduce another
>>> non-native species. That plan often backfires.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> As you know, Charlie, hardly anything can kill them. Commercial ant
>>>> poison doesn't seem to bother them.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/9/2015 1:43 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One of the odd things to come out of this weather event. Around
>>>>> here we
>>>>> have a particularly nasty species of ant called Fire Ants. They were
>>>>> introduced into Texas from South America back in the 1940's and over
>>>>> time
>>>>> have spread all over the southeast. They are very aggressive and have a
>>>>> nasty bite that forms a pustule that is slow to heal. Any hope that
>>>>> this
>>>>> weather event would drown these suckers was dashed when someone saw
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://abc7.com/weather/ants-form-floating-island-to-combat-flooding-in-south-carolina/1021709/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
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